Starz InBlack Showcases New Hip Hop Series

Starz InBlack Showcases New Hip Hop Series

'Hip Hop: Raw & Uncut' Features Top Celebrity Line-Up with Talent Including Juvenile, Slim Thugg, Baby Boy and More

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz InBlack, the first and only premium movie channel dedicated to meet the entertainment choices of African Americans, announced today that it will debut "Hip Hop: Raw & Uncut," a 60-minute, monthly live concert series on Friday, Jan. 4 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

Shot live on location in South Beach Miami, "Hip Hop Raw & Uncut" will feature the nation's hottest up and coming hip hop artists. Scheduled to perform in the premiere episode are Juvenile, Slim Thugg, Scarface, Baby Boy, Gucci Mane and Urban Mystic. Each show will feature three to four artists and a headliner from the Top 10 charts.

"The hip hop world has been waiting for something like this," said producer Steven Byrd. "This is ground breaking television in the hip hop arena -- for the first time we are giving hip hop artists a home of their own."

"Hip Hop Raw & Uncut", produced by Steven Byrd, president and CEO of Byrd Entertainment, is taped at the Sobe Live Nightclub in South Beach, Fla.

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 16 million and 30.3 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo(R). Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com/) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group.

Contacts:

Michelle Ellis
Starz Entertainment
(720)852-6269
michelle.ellis@starz.com

Chelsye Burrows
Starz Entertainment
(720)852-5838
chelsye.burrows@starz.com

Robin Mesger
The Lippin Group
(323) 965-1990
rmesger@lippingroup.com

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Source: Starz Entertainment, LLC

CONTACT: Michelle Ellis, +1-720-852-6269, michelle.ellis@starz.com, or
Chelsye Burrows, +1-720-852-5838, chelsye.burrows@starz.com, both of Starz
Entertainment, LLC; or Robin Mesger, of The Lippin Group, +1-323-965-1990,
rmesger@lippingroup.com, for Starz Entertainment, LLC

Web site:

http://www.starz.com/

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